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EATON COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPOETED BY SECRETARY FULLER. 

 OFFICERS FOR 1887. 



President — H. D. Griffith, Otter Creek. . 

 Secretary — S. R. Fuller, Eaton Rapids. 



The Eaton County Horticultural Society has convened eight times during 

 1887. We are more successful since adopting the plan of meeting at the 

 homes of the members. Our plan is to convene as soon after 10 o'clock A. 

 M. as possible, and a dinner is provided by our ladies and served as most 

 convenient. 



Topics for discussion are announced at each meeting for the meeting of 

 the next month. We have had the following topics: ''The Apple and Its 

 Enemies," in which Professor Bailey of Agricultural College aided us; later 

 "The Raspberry and Blackberry; " again, "Small Fruits for Profit," and at the 

 October meeting the subject of "Horticulture and Highways and Reforesta- 

 tion" was discussed, and we were aided by Secretary Charles W. Garfield. 



Thetopicfor our November meeting is "Renovating Old Orchards," and also 

 "Some of the Lessons of our Fairs. " Our society has a membership of only 27, 

 yet at our gatherings on the social plan it is not difficult to get at each meet- 

 ing 60 or 80 persons, but the paid membership is small. 



I have not yet been able to devise any plan to satisfactorily increase the 

 membership. 



At our meeting at this date, November 16tli, we are favored by the assist- 

 ance of Prof. L. H. Bailey. His experience in the renovation of old orchards ; 

 explaining the work on the college orchard and its results; also work of hor- 

 ticulture compared with agriculture of to-day; and the need of legislative aid 

 for horticultural work ; the growth of our small fruits, with their improve- 

 ments in the past 25 years, greatly interested our people. 



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